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Wayback Machine - Christmas Eve, 1962
As has been tradition since well before I was born, my mom's family always gets together on Christmas Eve for dinner. We still do.
These times were something I looked forward to all year... even as a child, I would have traded Christmas morning for another night together with the family.
From playing with Dave and getting into trouble when we were kids, to going out into the workshop and having coffee and talking by the wood stove just a couple of years before he died... my memories of Christmas Eves spent with him are something that I cherish.
There were so many times that our moms had to yell at us.. "If you two boys don't straighten up, Santa Claus won't be coming!" He always did, though.
The years passed and we grew older... and Santa was no longer on our minds. But I still looked forward to Christmas Eve every year... the time when the we come together to celebrate the season with each other.
I love this photo for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact that my dad is wearing his Gulf shirt.. and a huge smile. I love that I can look at Dave's dad here, and see in him the cousin that I grew up with. I love that I somehow can get a sense of who my grandpa was through this photo... and that my grandma was preoccupied with my mom, who was preoccupied with her niece.
This photo was taken by Dave's mom in 1962, three years before Dave was born, and eight years before I came along. Five years after this image was made, my Grandfather Justus passed away. And twenty-two years after that, the little girl in this photo would have a son of her own... who I am still hanging out with at the kid's table again this year.
Way Back Machine
Last week, I posted this photo of some dudes driving on U.S. Highway 70 while it was still under construction.
This photo was taken behind my mom's old house. My mom is the one behind the sign, and the other two girls are her cousins. This is also at the site of the new highway while it was being built.
Rural Transit 16XX series mid-90s livery. The engine of this bus is similar to the old creepy dump truck.